Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down cover art

Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

Part One: Lead Belly: How a Man Named Huddie Ledbetter Beat Everyone Who Tried to Keep Him Down

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Margaret talks with Prop about the Texan musician who sung his way out of prison.

Sources:

Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies, Sheila Curran Bernard

https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/20/archives/if-youre-woke-you-dig-it-no-mickey-mouse-can-be-expected-to-follow.html

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/09/what-is-woke-meaning/11425775002/

https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/scottsboro-boys

https://www.history.com/articles/scottsboro-boys

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ledbetter-huddie-leadbelly

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